Safety warning - illegal recovery bottles

Look out for single use refrigerant bottles!

They look similar but ... DO NOT re-use them for recovery. 

 

How do you tell?

These bottles are not correctly labelled for re-use. They are MISSING the required LAB number which is issued on all reusable refrigerant cylinders. The LAB number advises the user of the approved gas traffic for that cylinder. Return these empty bottles to your supplier, DO NOT re-use.

Refer Worksafe guide to Gas cylinders February 2020, page 32.

4.2 Permanent markings for cylinders and fire extinguishers

This section should be read in conjunction with HS Regulations 15.40 to 15.44.

The following markings must be permanently and clearly marked with character size according to HS Regulation 15.43.

a. the standard to which the cylinder is designed

b. the cylinder manufacturer’s name or mark

c. the serial number of the cylinder, or in the case of a low-pressure fire extinguisher, the batch number

d. the test pressure

e. in the case of a permanent gas, the charging pressure

f. the water capacity

g. the tare weight

h. in the case of a liquefied gas, the empty weight

i. the month and year (mmyy) of manufacture of the cylinder

j. the cylinder record number (LABxxxx) of the design or the special record number (LAB SPxxxx)6

k. the mark of the recognised inspection agency (third party)

l. the month and year of each periodic test conducted in accordance with HS Regulation 15.56 and

m. the mark of the test station which conducted the inspection and/or test.

Refer to Section 4.7 of this guide for acceptable units.